Originally Posted by amberrose3dg:
My SIL used to call off for period cramps. I was like 
I had undiagnosed fibroids until I was 25 (still have them, but childbirth took the pain away thank God) and I would pass out, throw up and hallucinate from the pain. I didn't feel comfortable calling in, and went to work anyway and spent lots of time in the bathroom crying
. So I kinda get that one.